ACT 28 OF 1958
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Bill was passed by both the Houses of Parliament and it received the assent of the President on 11th September, 1958. It came on the Statute Book as THE ARMED FORCES (SPECIAL POWERS) ACT, 1958 (28 of 1958)

Amendment of Act 28 of 1958
“One and from the appointed day, in the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the long title and in sub-section (2) of section 1, for the words “Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram”, the words “Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura and the Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh” shall be substituted.”

“3.Powers to declare areas to be disturbed areas – If, in relation to any state or Union Territory to which this act extends, the Governor of that State or the administrator of that Union Territory or the Central Government, in either case, if of the opinion that the whole or any part of such State of Union territory, as the case may be, is in such a disturbed or dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary, the Governor of that State or the Administrator of that Union Territory or the Central Government, as the case may be , may by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the whole or such part of such State or Union territory to be a disturbed area].”

Section 3 cannot be construed as conferring a power to issue a declaration without any time limit. There should be periodic review of the declaration before the expiry of six months; Naga People’s Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India, AIR 1998 SC 431.

Aid to civil power ah hian situation control turin a ni koh an nih thin. Administer turin an ko lem lo a, special power an nei kher lo. Chumi awmzia chu boaruak a zirin civil administration kutah rorelna/ thuneihna a awm reng ang. ASFPA hnuaia Disturbed area a nih chuan “There should be periodic review of the declaration before the expiry of six months” a ti chauh a ni.